American media mogul Leslie Roy Moonves was born October 6, 1949, He served as chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation from 2003 until his resignation in September 2018 amid allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and abuse. Since 2004, he’s been happily married to TV host Julie Chen.
From July 1995 until September 2018, he worked in various executive capacities at CBS.
From 1999 until 2021, he also served on the ZeniMax Media board of directors.
From 2004 until the company split in December 2005, he served as co-president and co-chief operating officer (COO) of the original Viacom, Inc., the legal predecessor to CBS Corporation.
In February of 2016, he assumed the role of chairman at CBS.
After several women made sexual assault allegations against him, CBS chairman Moonves resigned in September 2018.
Accusations of sexual misconduct against Moonves have led to claims that he destroyed evidence.
Les Moonves Net-Worth
It has been reported that Moonves’ earnings from CBS in 2017 totaled $68.4 million, and that his stock options in the media conglomerate are worth more than $100 million, bringing his total net worth from CBS to over US$800 million.
Early Life
Moonves, Leslie Roy Was born in New York City’s Brooklyn, The son of Josephine (Schleifer) and Herman Moonves, he was born into a devout Jewish family and spent his formative years in Valley Stream, New York. A nurse, she cared for her son and her son and her.
Among his siblings are his sister Melissa Moonves Colon and brothers Jonathan Moonves, an entertainment attorney, and Richard Moonves, a businessman.
Following his time at Valley Stream Central High School, he enrolled at and graduated from Bucknell University in 1971.
After a disappointing first year of college science classes, he switched to Spanish as a major and participated in a few plays; after graduating in 1971, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career and eventually earned a degree from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Before making the decision to switch careers, he appeared in a couple of TV roles he described as “forgettable,” as tough guys in shows like Cannon and The Six Million Dollar Man.
In the early stages of his career, he was also one of casting director Caro Jones’ first office assistants.
Moonves attended the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival with his wife, Julie Chen.
David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, married Paula Ben-Gurion, Moonves’ grand-niece. Paula Ben-Gurion was born Paula Munweis.
He has said, “It puts me in a calm state, which I’m not always in.” He does Transcendental Meditation.
Moonves is the editor-in-chief of W magazine and the proud father of three children, including Sara Moonves. He married Nancy Wiesenfeld in 1978.
When Nancy Moonves filed for divorce in April 2003 in Los Angeles Superior Court, she cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason. When we last left Nancy and Les Moonves, they had moved out. [81]
Although he had not yet finalized his divorce from Nancy, Moonves began dating CBS reporter and Big Brother and The Talk host Julie Chen in 2004.
Using the grounds of “desire to return to the status of being single,” Moonves was granted an untimely divorce on December 10, 2004.
He wed Chen 13 days later in Mexico. Chen gave birth to a son in 2009.
Moonves lives in a house he purchased from Andy Heyward in Beverly Hills, California.
Aside from his home in New York, he also has a Malibu house.
Philanthropy
The Julie Chen/Leslie Moonves and CBS Media Center at the University of Southern California was named in honor of Moonves and Chen for their generous donation in 2015. Previously, Moonves had served on the advisory board for the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [87] Previously, Moonves served on the advisory board for the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
Moonves was “suspended” from the board of councilors at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in August 2018 after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against him.
CBS announced in September 2018 that Moonves and the network would each donate $20 million to #MeToo-related organizations in conjunction with Moonves’ resignation.
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